Portal to East End of Tunnel on Former Longridge Railway Line is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. Portal.

Portal to East End of Tunnel on Former Longridge Railway Line

WRENN ID
dusted-span-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1991
Type
Portal
Address
Portal to East End of Tunnel on Former Longridge Railway Line, Great George Street
OS grid reference
SD 541 302
Coordinates
53.76614, -2.69715
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The portal at the east end of the tunnel on the former Longridge Railway line dates from around 1846 and was built for the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Railway Company. It is constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone blocks and features a brick parapet. The design includes a horseshoe arch made of punch-dressed rusticated voussoirs and a large scrolled keyblock, which is flanked by broad pilasters that rise to the parapet. An ashlar string-course runs along the top of the structure. This portal is part of the junction line that connected Deepdale and Maudlands, constructed to link the Longridge Railway, which opened in 1840, with the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Railway.

Local climate

Portal to East End of Tunnel on Former Longridge Railway Line sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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